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How to tackle FIL's skid marks and shit stains?

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Immigrantsong · 02/08/2018 18:12

In laws are visiting. FIL has never had any regard to housekeeping tasks and every time he goes to the toilet he leaves skid marks and shit stains everywhere. I told MIL as I had to clean everything and she was embarrassed and very sorry, but not sure if I should say anything to him. We come from cultures where even me talking to my MIL about this was a step too far as we usually don't say a thing to in laws at all. Wwyd?

OP posts:
Immigrantsong · 03/08/2018 13:31

@magicstar1 I don't know, he could be. I hope not. He spends ages in the loo so only one God knows what he actually does in there.

OP posts:
Omzlas · 03/08/2018 16:37

My outlaws are from the Asian Subcontinent and are similar (In the cleaning sense, have 'people' at home, he has never cleaned a thing in his life)

In their culture, it's the woman's work to clean or, if they can afford it, they pay a random to clean for them. They've always had people and as such, my MUM has never cleaned her own house. Fine. They're able to afford that and that is what works for them.

I don't have a cleaner and do it all myself.

Last time they visited, it was horrific and probably the worst time of my adult life.
FIL didn't clean
MIL can't clean (physically she's very limited)
Grandmother IL was doubly incontinent and 80+
Yep. It was that bad
GIL also hadn't ever had to clean up after herself either
That's just their culture though

It sounds like that it's a difficult situation as DH would find that conversation difficult too and would rather just deal with the fallout rather than upset his parents, though having lived in the UK for 10+ years now, he does speak to his parents more but still feels like he's almost being disrespectful and admonishing them

Good luck OP, you have my sincere sympathies

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